Process Technician

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It is our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever‑changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

This position requires a thorough knowledge of the plastic packaging industry and its related platforms. Expertise should exist in two of the three following areas: injection blow molding, one‑step blow molding, or two‑step blow molding. This individual will possess knowledge of plastic packaging industry standards. Experience in the areas of tooling, quality, and process development is a must. The ideal candidate will have 3‑5 years of maintenance, engineering, or production management experience.

In addition, they will possess a mechanical, technical, and process aptitude.

The preferred leadership skill of this candidate includes ability to foster teamwork and continuous improvement within an empowered environment.

• Abides by all Amcor safety and quality policies and procedures.
• Develops and enforces the process structure for each area in the plant, including the entire plant process from the warehouse to finished product being loaded onto trucks.
• Maintains best‑in‑class processes.
• Develops machine criteria for plastic processes.
• Installs blow mold tooling.
• Performs start‑ups of new equipment, tooling and processes.
• Performs design of experiments to establish process parameters.
• Produces sample containers as necessary.
• Optimizes process parameters based on container performance.
• Establishes process control parameters.
• Supports and establishes machine process parameters to achieve optimum quality containers.
• Works with QA to measure containers and/or preforms to confirm physical characteristics and establish performance capabilities.
• Develops package specifications.
• Communicates quality and/or required equipment maintenance issues to management for prompt disposition.
• Reviews test data and compares it with the tentative performance specifications.
• Recommends design modifications and process improvements, if required, to meet the tentative performance specifications.
• Prepares final report to include process set‑up sheets and recommended process control parameters.
• Shares plastic processing and mechanical knowledge with machine operators and maintenance personnel at all levels to provide continuous training and promote teamwork.
• Shares best‑in‑class data with other Amcor facilities, as necessary.
• Starts up and validates new products.
• Visits customers to validate container functionality, as necessary.
• Works with plant management/supervisors to establish a repeatable process for containers.
• Continuously improves process‑related troubleshooting tools.
• Drives and assists in the development of standard operating procedures (SOP) and work instructions (WI).
• Assists in the training of other maintenance, production, and other personnel in areas of expertise to include standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions (WIs).
• Audits the process and the structure.
• Provides leadership and direction to direct reports (MPTs) in establishing and maintaining best‑in‑class processes and driving continuous improvement.
• Follows good manufacturing practices (GMP) and good documentation practices (GDP).